Dave Eggers is an acclaimed writer with his bestseller and Pulitzer Prize nomination for A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. I saw this video about his tutoring centers and became inspired to expand upon his work.
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Inspiration: The Dave Eggers Effect
It's Not All Bunny's and Colored Eggs
For those that celebrate Easter, remember that it's a holiday for forgiveness. Just like how Christmas is the season for giving, Easter is a time to honor the crucifixion of a man that taught of compassion. Now is a good time to tell someone you love them.
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P.S. - Keep supporting the troops, and never forget 9/11.
CNN Report: Higher Price for Pizza Slice
CNNMoney has published an article discussing a more than doubling rise in the price of Gold Medal brand flour. Apparently, a Manhattan pizzeria was shocked about a $37 price tag for a sack of flour they used to pay $16 dollars for. Shiet...not exactly breaking news.
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"This just in... According to reliable sources, we have received word that jumping in water will leave you wet. Los Angeles resident Jose Anderson was shocked to discover that the reflective flowing substance absorbed into his clothes, thereby making the fabric clingy and distinctly heavier."
I'm tired of mainstream media's presumption of public stupidity. A routine trip to the local market would break the news that overall prices for commodities is on the rise. Any human being with a stomach and a bank account can see that everything is getting more expensive while less money is being earned through interest bearing accounts. Hey, big news corp...stop reporting news about my backyard!
There are many more useful stories to pursue than the moronically obvious revelation of nearly $4 per gallon at the pump.
Is my brother going to die in the middle east? Who's winning the fight to preserve net neutrality? If gold is trading at over $1,000 per ounce, how secure is my paper money? Exactly how and where does the Bear Stearns' sinking ship effect our nation's financial stability? Was acquiring a Nobel Prize Al Gore's solution to remedy global warming? When the hell is Apple going to release their second iPhone?
People are still dying over a war of false circumstances. While our friends and family are being forcibly shipped overseas to "kill or be killed" in a mission to fatten the pockets of the American neoconservative elites, I hardly believe where a New York governor chooses to insert his penis is front page worthy. I'm interested only if Eliot Spitzer was the president and he was hooking it with Ivanka Trump to blackmail the Donald into building a 150 floor golden Midas replacement for the White House. Otherwise, we the public deserve quality news...not Fox News (aka Faux News).
Well, that's my rant folks. Feel free to add a rant in the comments. =)
"When the Legend Becomes Fact, Print the Legend"
Comedian Robert Wuhl hosts an outstandingly humorous and informational lecture about popular culture's transformational influence on history.
Kansas woman sat on toilet for two years
Woman's boyfriend took her food and water and regularly asked her to come out of bathroom.
Authorities are considering charges in the bizarre case of a woman who sat on her boyfriend's toilet for two years -- so long that her body was stuck to the seat by the time the man finally called police.
It appeared the 35-year-old Ness City woman's skin had grown around the seat, said Ness County Sheriff Bryan Whipple. The woman initially refused emergency medical services but was finally convinced by responders and her boyfriend that she needed to be checked out at a hospital.
"We pried the toilet seat off with a pry bar and the seat went with her to the hospital," Whipple said. "The hospital removed it."
Whipple said investigators planned to present their report Wednesday to the county attorney, who will determine whether any charges should be filed against the boyfriend.
"She was not glued. She was not tied. She was just physically stuck by her body," Whipple said. "It is hard to imagine. ... I still have a hard time imagining it myself."
Police declined to release the couple's names, but the boyfriend, Kory McFarren, agreed to be interviewed Wednesday by The Associated Press. He identified his girlfriend as Pam Babcock.
McFarren, 36, told investigators he took Babcock food and water and asked her every day to come out of the bathroom.
"And her reply would be, 'Maybe tomorrow,"' Whipple said. "According to him, she did not want to leave the bathroom."
McFarren told the AP that he wasn't to blame, and that it was solely Babcock's choice to remain in the bathroom.
"She is an adult; she made her own decision. It was my fault I should have gotten help for her sooner; I admit that. But after a while, you kind of get used to it," McFarren said.
Although authorities said they think Babcock was in the bathroom for two years, McFarren said he wasn't certain how long she stayed there. He said she had a phobia about leaving the room because of childhood beatings.
"It just kind of happened one day. She went in and had been in there a little while, the next time it was a little longer. Then she got it in her head she was going to stay -- like it was a safe place for her," McFarren said.
But McFarren said Babcock moved around in the bathroom during that time, bathed and changed into the clothes he brought her. He said they conversed and had an otherwise normal relationship -- except that it all happened in the bathroom.
McFarren, who works at an antique store, said he has been taking care of Babcock for the 16 years they have lived together.
McFarren called police on Feb. 27 to report that "there was something wrong with his girlfriend," Whipple said.
Police found Babcock clothed and sitting on the toilet, her sweat pants down to her mid-thigh. She was "somewhat disoriented," and her legs looked as if they had atrophied, Whipple said.
"She said that she didn't need any help, that she was OK and did not want to leave," he said.
She was reported in fair condition at a hospital in Wichita, about 150 miles southeast of Ness City. Whipple said she refused to cooperate with medical providers or law enforcement investigators.
McFarren said that his girlfriend has an infection in her legs that has damaged her nerves, and that she has no feeling in her legs. She may wind up in a wheelchair, he said.
Authorities said they did not know whether she was mentally or physically disabled.
The case has been the buzz of Ness City, said James Ellis, a neighbor.
"I don't think anybody can make any sense out of it," he said.
Ellis said he had known the woman since she was a child but that he had not seen her for at least six years.
He said she had a tough childhood after her mother died at a young age and apparently was usually kept inside the house as she grew up. At one time the woman worked for a long-term care facility, he said, but he did not know what kind of work she did there.
"It really doesn't surprise me," Ellis said. "What surprises me is somebody wasn't called in a bit earlier."
It appeared the 35-year-old Ness City woman's skin had grown around the seat, said Ness County Sheriff Bryan Whipple. The woman initially refused emergency medical services but was finally convinced by responders and her boyfriend that she needed to be checked out at a hospital.
"We pried the toilet seat off with a pry bar and the seat went with her to the hospital," Whipple said. "The hospital removed it."
Whipple said investigators planned to present their report Wednesday to the county attorney, who will determine whether any charges should be filed against the boyfriend.
"She was not glued. She was not tied. She was just physically stuck by her body," Whipple said. "It is hard to imagine. ... I still have a hard time imagining it myself."
Police declined to release the couple's names, but the boyfriend, Kory McFarren, agreed to be interviewed Wednesday by The Associated Press. He identified his girlfriend as Pam Babcock.
McFarren, 36, told investigators he took Babcock food and water and asked her every day to come out of the bathroom.
"And her reply would be, 'Maybe tomorrow,"' Whipple said. "According to him, she did not want to leave the bathroom."
McFarren told the AP that he wasn't to blame, and that it was solely Babcock's choice to remain in the bathroom.
"She is an adult; she made her own decision. It was my fault I should have gotten help for her sooner; I admit that. But after a while, you kind of get used to it," McFarren said.
Although authorities said they think Babcock was in the bathroom for two years, McFarren said he wasn't certain how long she stayed there. He said she had a phobia about leaving the room because of childhood beatings.
"It just kind of happened one day. She went in and had been in there a little while, the next time it was a little longer. Then she got it in her head she was going to stay -- like it was a safe place for her," McFarren said.
But McFarren said Babcock moved around in the bathroom during that time, bathed and changed into the clothes he brought her. He said they conversed and had an otherwise normal relationship -- except that it all happened in the bathroom.
McFarren, who works at an antique store, said he has been taking care of Babcock for the 16 years they have lived together.
McFarren called police on Feb. 27 to report that "there was something wrong with his girlfriend," Whipple said.
Police found Babcock clothed and sitting on the toilet, her sweat pants down to her mid-thigh. She was "somewhat disoriented," and her legs looked as if they had atrophied, Whipple said.
"She said that she didn't need any help, that she was OK and did not want to leave," he said.
She was reported in fair condition at a hospital in Wichita, about 150 miles southeast of Ness City. Whipple said she refused to cooperate with medical providers or law enforcement investigators.
McFarren said that his girlfriend has an infection in her legs that has damaged her nerves, and that she has no feeling in her legs. She may wind up in a wheelchair, he said.
Authorities said they did not know whether she was mentally or physically disabled.
The case has been the buzz of Ness City, said James Ellis, a neighbor.
"I don't think anybody can make any sense out of it," he said.
Ellis said he had known the woman since she was a child but that he had not seen her for at least six years.
He said she had a tough childhood after her mother died at a young age and apparently was usually kept inside the house as she grew up. At one time the woman worked for a long-term care facility, he said, but he did not know what kind of work she did there.
"It really doesn't surprise me," Ellis said. "What surprises me is somebody wasn't called in a bit earlier."
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